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Shedding as many minorities as they can: AI9 Top 20 Results Show

2010 March 4
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by TopIdol

As I am cooking my dinner, I’ve begun tonight’s American Idol results (shit) show festivities, a bit late. Of course, I accidentally came in on the first eliminated contestant’s swan song. And then I let it play from the top, only to return to some horrific group sing to…the BLACK EYED PEAS?

Not surprising of course, but as usual, ever so painful. The boys open the song, gamely smiling, perhaps, but still with knowing self-consciousness. Especially when they are called upon to act out the parts. The girls are robotic. I begin to wonder when it is in someone’s career as a performer do they ably grasp the concept of lip syncing.

The best part of tonight’s group sing? Watching a definite favorite of mine, Alex Lambert, mumble through the auto track with a most incredible look on his face. He feels what I feel when watching this crap! But he’s singing! Alex Lambert earns more points.

I find it funny they have a feeling its going to be a good night, as four people will be going home. I’m surprised at how enthusiastic resident cool girls Crystal, Lilly, and Siobhan are all are to be part of such a shit fest. I am also amused at how Katie Stevens’ idea of dancing is bouncing up and down. There are parts of this number which look and sound like a middle school production of Grease. The “solos” scream Summer Lovin’.

After seeing her jump into camera range ever-so-cheerfully, I really want Didi Benami to go home tonight. She is as about coffeehouse/open-mic night as Kara DioGuardi is — Didi is a poppy princess masquerading in hemp clothing.

(Commercial break: Kris Allen does the cute thing with the car and the leaves, and uh…Barack Obama is going to be on America’s Most Wanted? America’s Most Wanted is still on? Hell. America’s Funniest Home Videos is still on.

Tim Urban…safe (He’s gonna be here awhile. I GOTTA FEELING.)
Michael Lynche…safe. No brainer.
Casey James…safe. Insert requisite Kara-is-a-Cougar joke. Roll eyes. Next.

It’s down to Todrick Hall vs. John Park. Sadly, John Park is on his way home. Even though I am not looking forward to hearing Todrick caterwaul some well-known ditty beyond recognition next week, I wish John Park would have been more fun. Coulda. Woulda. Shoulda. John, I’ll miss you, though. Even though I hardly knew you. And you sang John Mayer. But its better this way. You’re attending Northwestern University. Screw American Idol. You will probably end up being more financially secure than 95% of your fellow contestants in 5-10 years.

(Psst…Lauren. I’m so sorry John has left the building.)

Lee DeWyze…like this was ever in question.
(I have a feeling it is going to be Jermaine. I think Jermaine knows its gonna be Jermaine.)
Aaron Kelly…safe. Because if you don’t like him, you hate puppies.
Alex Lambert…if he goes home, I will cry. Yay. Alex is safe! I was so hoping he was gonna curse again.

It’s down to Jermaine Sellers and Andrew Garcia. First, we had Todrick (African-American) vs. John (Asian). Now it is Jermaine (African-American) vs. Andrew (Hispanic). So do you all believe me about American Idol being kind of racist now?

And hell, right now, these two look as if they’re on set to be two-line actors on Law & Order. No. That’s not me being racist. That’s just me saying how these two look like an odd pair next to one another. They look like bit players on Law & Order.

Wow. They are really dragging this one out, aren’t they? Naturally, Jermaine is the one sent home. God nor rockin’ those onesies nor repeating I’m a church singer would have saved you. But mention God again. I guess it can’t hurt.

But most of all, everybody oughta go out and get a onesie.

Possibly my favorite exit line from a contestant of all time. I WILL get myself a onesie, Jermaine. With pleasure! I was hoping the footy pajamas may have saved Jermaine this week (for the laughs) and Todrick would have been sent packing instead, but I was wrong. I will, however, predict next week as D-Day for both Todrick…and maybe Tim Urban, the latter of which could easily stick around several more weeks. Based on vocal ability, Aaron Kelly deserves a spot in the Top 12 over Urban, and I’m not sure who else would be in danger next week. Sticking Garcia in the hot seat was obviously a scare tactic.

UH OH HERE WE GO GO GO GO GOKEYOKE TIME

Tonight marks the return of erstwhile, heart-shape-with-his-hands-making Season 8 contestant, Danny Gokey. Oh Gokey. Widower. Hot & Anointed Man of God. Supreme Villain of Season 8. This song you’re singing, this cookie-cutter country number, My Best Days Are Ahead of Me, is like something that would play in the background in between soft rock songs when I was a waitress at Applebee’s during 1997-98. Gokey’s stage presence has come quite a long way since I last saw him on the Idol stage. He is more polished, as is his fashion sense. The song is more boring than dirt. The best part is watching the always-enthusiastic Big Mike dancing to it.

(I often get the feeling Big Mike is like this year’s big brother figure to all the contestants.)

Danny Gokey starts talking a lot. And claims Randy Travis told him to do country because of the soul and passion he puts into his songs. He also says he listened to a lot of country music coming up. Danny Gokey will not stop talking.

The writer of this song lost his wife too! He wrote this song a few months after she passed away.

I know he just got caught up in everything and that’s why he was smiling when he said that, but…I just facepalmed. I facepalmed. Literally. I’m not even just saying it. I fraking facepalmed. I MISS YOU SEASON 8.

Now onto the ladies.

Lilly Scott…obviously SAFE.
Paige Miles…safe. (Until next week.)

(Obviously, its going to be Michelle vs. Didi)

Katie Stevens…the little conniving brat lives another week.

Didi vs. Michelle! I’m so good. Kara tells Michelle she was sharp, because she wants to throw the black girl under the bus and of course, Didi sings her songs and kisses her ass, so obviously, it is Michelle’s time to go.

And it is the end of the road for corporate singer Michelle Delamor (also putting the FEAR into Didi Benami). Can’t say I’m not surprised. So Idol…Lacey Brown is gonna be the only honky we shed tonight, yes? No?

Michelle sounds horrible, but I don’t blame her. She just got kicked to the curb. Meanwhile, the cameras keep going back to SAD SCARED DIDI. Didi totally bugs me. This is now a fact.

Oh Michelle. I am so glad you are done singing. I wish you all the happiness in the world, and I hope all your dreams come true, but I never want to hear you sing Creed ever again. Of course, I don’t really ever need to hear Creed again, either.

Katelyn…BABY QUATTO is safe! And I am very happy to see her father in attendance again. Probably why her mother isn’t in the audience this week.
Crystal…pshaw. Like you were scared. But her friends were awesome! They were doing I’M NOT WORTHY! I’M NOT WORTHY! Love Crystal Bowersox’s cheering section.
Siobhan Magnus…another one who isn’t going anywhere. (And did you hear? The Glamberts are now voting for her since she hit that big-ass note last night.)

Haeley vs. Lacey…this could be a tough one. I am thinking Lacey borrowed one of Haeley’s handmade headbands. She also looks just like one of those Avatars (aka kind of like the U.S. ice dancing girl who won silver in Vancouver).

And Haeley goes home! Can’t say she didn’t kind of deserve it, but I’m sad for VFTW. I am also sad when I see Crystal and Katelyn tearing up. Obviously, we know this one is putting on the crocodile tears for the camera. She’s like Macaulay Culkin in The Good Son! But a girl!

Oh Idol. You guys are so guilty of ethnic cleansing. So guilty. Told you the only people who watch/vote for Idol are honkys. Told you. Not even a Debbie the Stage Manager cameo can make me smile at this point. Ethnic cleansing is horrible. America, you should be ashamed of yourselves.

Exit song sucks, BTW. And Haeley…THEY TOOK YOU OVER ANGELA MARTIN? Well, at least it looks like most of the other kiddies liked you. Or they’re just crying because this song is that bad.

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  • Sherena

    Idol is way more sexist than it is racist. Like, if we’re going to be angry about voter biases, the bias against women is way larger than the one against minorities.

    • http://topidolblog.com TopIdol

      Because the people who vote aren’t voting for the female contestants, right?

      • Sherena

        In general. But I suppose the sexism rage can’t start until they’re all merged into one group. I think it’s telling that they have to make the guys pretty terrible in order to let the girls have a chance at all though.

  • wino

    after reading their exit interviews, im glad ALL four are gone. i respect everyone’s religion or lack of, but give me a freakin break. god, baby jeasus, mary, buddah, etc dont give a flying fk about your idol journey. John Park, enjoy singing to god in the shower. buh-bye

    http://popwatch.ew.com/category/uncategorized/american-idol-season-9-exit-qa/

  • Mary

    I missed last nights episode. Should I even watch it?

  • d. b. cooper

    Way to go America! Even though some of your choices were minorities, they also had the worst performances. And you saw through Simon’ and Kara’s BS about Michele Delamor. If you shock boot Lee Dewyze and Katie Stevens (along with Todrick and Paige) next week then we are seriously friends.

    Dream season:
    Glass Blower FTW. Quatto Jr. for the runner up. Subway singer for the bronze. No guys in the top 6.

    • saskin

      Dream on. I think Quatto Jr. will win, Subway singer will be the “shock elim” and Lee will be the runner up.

      • jukejoint

        I think we will follow the pattern of season 4 (Carrie/Bo/Vonzell/A-Fed). It seems to be a five-year pattern.

        1: Girl–Boy–Girl 6. Girl–Boy–Girl
        2: Boy–Boy–Girl 7. Boy–Boy–Girl
        3: Girl–Girl–Girl 8. Boy–Boy–Boy
        4: Girl–Boy–Girl
        5. Boy–Girl–Boy

        Coincidenza?

        So, anyway, my paranoid tin-hat theory is that this year will be G-B-G and next year (the last year) will be B-G-B.

        My head says Quatto Jr. will win, Lee will be second, Subway third and either Aaron or Alex in 4th. BUT, where they sang would lead me to believe that TPTB want Siobhan/Lee/Paige/Tim as the F4. Carrie and Vonzell sang 9th and 10th in the Top 20, as did A-Fed and Bo. Cue the Twilight Zone music.

  • jukejoint

    Michelle is Hispanic, not black. Carry on.

    • http://topidolblog.com TopIdol

      So we killed off three minority groups last night. Fabulous. Kind of makes it worse now.

  • saskin

    They did shed the minorities didn’t they? Even though I am watching it backwards, I am watching the whole thing for the first time and I noticed a couple of things.

    First thing is people who never paid any attention to music before watching the show (like me) feel empowered. They feel like they do actually understand music. Which they do. But not in the way they think they do. From the comments I read, they only notice two things; the pitch and how real it feels. How real it feels is a funny thing. One usually remembers the first version of a song they heard and that version usually feels better than the latter ones. Like I love the song “I Shall be Released” from Bob Dylan. I never feel anyone else gets it right. I love how challenging the original version is and I hate it when someone sings it perfectly. So when people hear a song they already know they want it to feel the same way. Pitch is even funnier. Because of autotune and all that crap nowadays producing pitch perfect music is really cheap so everything is autotuned, all the minor imperfections are cleaned. So people’s ears are really sensitive to pitch problems. And they do (I do) hear the pitch problems.

    I think all our music knowledge ends there because the things I never read at the comment sections are; tempo (a couple of singers were desperately behind the tempo, no one wrote about it), how they harmonize/background music (first girls night bass guitar was out of tune wth? girl with divorced parents timidly was playing half chords which did not at all contribute to the music. etc) and phrasing (which all the contestants are awful at).

    We can’t know for sure who they didn’t cast but the 8 that did leave were definitely not the best singers in this group. Especially if we only take the first two things (pitch and feeling) into account. So no one can complain. But maybe that is the brilliance. But maybe if we take all the things a song should be (which I don’t know but a professional musician would) those were not the worst 8.

    • saskin

      Oh crap. After I said ‘they did shed’ I got confused. Shedding is a transitive verb right? So “they did shed” does not work because “they were shed”. Goodness this language is challenging plus there is no edit button.

      OK I take it back and change it to ; “Quite a few minorities were shed, weren’t they?”

      • Lauren

        I think what you said was fine. Though you seem to have a better understanding of English grammar than I do.

      • margie

        Wow. You are a lot better than me. I make grammar fails all the time. I have the problem typing like I talk.

        • saskin

          I am a bit hard on myself because believe it or not if you have an accent people tend to treat you like you are retarded. Once someone was talking to me so slooooowly that I had to tell him “just because I am a foreigner does not necessarily mean I am stupid”. :)

    • wino

      thank you for bringing up tempo and phrasing, something I thought Kris did so well last year.

      when judges harp about making a song “your own”, I’ve always thought it to mean, “phrase the song in an emotional, different way”, not necessarily re-arrange the melody. most of the contestants are singing as if they are reading a prompter, very bland and without any feeling.

      in school, my pet peeve was people reading passages from books without paying much respect to punctuation. there was no difference in their tone between reading a sentence with an ! or a ? OR treating a paragraph as a run on sentence.

      okay, THAT is exactly what bugs me about the way most of these contestants are singing their songs. they pay no attention to the lyrics or what the song means, hence making their performance quite karaoke.

      • pattyluponey

        I think it was Slezak? who said he wished Alex Lambert would go through his lyrics without the music and say them like they should be spoken. That’s what bugged me the most about Gokey last year. He never seemed to know what exactly he was singing. He just yelled the lyrics. Kris does really well with telling the story of a song. I think that what drew everyone to Andrew Garcia’s Straight Up was his phrasing. He’s lost that from nerves. I hope he finds it again…

      • saskin

        Yeah. That is what I meant. We are instructed to listen to pitch imperfections. But that is not music. Besides there might be a thousand reasons for those imperfections.; like if there is a delay in the ear monitors or if the mixing is wrong etc. We are not hearing the real thing. Right? On the other hand judging the other aspects are really really hard.

  • Verbally Dyslexic

    I only got one of the girls right, but none of the four have a snowflake’s chance of getting near the top 5. Sorry your days as a Park Bench ended so soon, Lauren.

    The closeups on Katie annoy me. Haeley is crying while singing so it figures she can’t stay on key. Ryan sounds like he has a cold.

    I’m not even sure if I want to watch the show next week.

    • Lauren

      Why do you think they have ended? I will be a Park Bench forever! (i.e. a few more weeks)

  • http://theepezdispenser.blogspot.com/ ePastorJames

    I don’t really buy the racist thing too much, because these four were all among the worst “talent” we have. But TPTB didn’t exactly profile any of them as well as white devil bitches Dudu and Jon Benet Stevens, so I see your point.

    I’d actually like to see Paige join Michael in the Top 12 to fill the race quota. But I also wouldn’t be surprised if this was our first season without a black female in the Top 12. It all depends on who performs the worst next week, whom the honor of VFTW pick is bestowed upon, and/or who goes earlier in the show. (I hope Lilly gets the pimp spot next week–Dudu doesn’t deserve it!) Lacey will most likely go home, I think, unless those rascally southerners are at it again with their fundie texting parties!!!!11!!1!1! But I think the pageant queen whore has tards that will at least get her into the finals, while Paige benefits in a different way….

    All of the racially-motivated black votes for Michelle and Haeley will most likely converge with Paige’s votes and get her through. If not, then I assume maybe there AREN’T that many biased voters out there, or they’ve recognized the true best this season (how miraculous if so).

    As for the guys–ugh, just let Alex make it through. I hope he does really well next week. (He deserves the next pimp spot, more than anyone.) Simon seems to really dig him and is acting like a father figure, while the others gave the types of comments that seem to inspire minor long-term thinking. Anyone else get those vibes? I’m so paranoid. But if indeed he has risen, alongside Lee and Michael, and begrudgingly, Casey, then that leaves two slots for the guys. Aaron seems like a sure enough bet, but not all that many are feeling him. He could miss with another bland performance on a weak song choice. Andrew could do anything yet again, and the judges might still hate it (and I’m not complaining; even though I would love to alternate Douchekey and him, I can live without).

    Tim’s journey via VFTW and cooter-blossoming 15-year-old twatwaffles is amusing, but it’s likely TPTB will put him first next week, which is dangerous. And Todrick will probably flip Bon Jovi’s “It’s My Life” into an electroboogie and get completely trashed. Bwahahah. So Todrick will most likely go, leaving Tim being the most likely to leave along with him. But if the vote is powerful enough, either Aaron or Fuggokey could exit in a huge shocker. *Hans Landa voice* Oh, how fun!

    • erinnthered

      I think the racism comes from their inability to chose the minority singers with talent. Tons of talented people of color try out every year, but they never even make it to the voting rounds. Instead we get Jermaine Sellers and Haeley Vaughn. Awesome onesy obsession not withstanding.

      I think that when America has the option of voting for talented minority contestants it becomes a non-issue. The only fan base with issues of prejudice are the frauen, and they are very vocal, but by far not the majority.

      • Verbally Dyslexic

        I think it is possible that they plan this in advance. After 8 seasons they would’ve already amassed mountains of research on demographics telling them the profile of the more voter-friendly types of singers. If you’re a girl, you had better be outstanding for the frauen and tweens to vote for you. If you’re a minority, you had better have either a powerful backstory or outstanding talent. Flying under the radar won’t work.

        Also, when the judges and producers keep going about finding a Taylor Swift type, it kinda paints the picture of exactly the type of winner they’re hoping to get.

      • J

        I think you’ve hit on something here. There were definitely minorities who had better auditions and Hollywood week performances than Haeley and Jermaine. Every time Haeley opened her mouth to sing I found myself wondering how they could have chosen her over Angela. I think that casting characters takes precedent over choosing good singers.

      • http://topidolblog.com TopIdol

        I just don’t think the people voting vote for non-honkys. Frauen are typically middle-aged white women voting for young white guys. Yes, there are exceptions to the rule, but I’ve never seen love for a black male contestant since I’ve followed the show.

        My sister always thought Anwar Robinson was super fine, though.

        • On The Edge

          Well, remember that we can only vote for whom TPTB give us. They can put through minorities who are terrible singers and reject the ones who are actually GOOD, then when we don’t vote for them and people yell “AI is racist” they can point at the voters and say “well, talk to THEM, THEY’RE the ones who didn’t vote for the minority singers!” I really want to believe that even the white frauen would have thrown a few votes at an Angela Martin or a Jermaine Purifroy (sp?).

          • wino

            oh yeah, jermaine was a good looking, charming kid, who could actually sing. the black tim urban. but since the show needs a girl to win, they couldnt put through an appealing black man. thus we got stuck with the OTT queens, Todrick and Sellers. and big mike cant hold a note if his life depended on it, so he is no threat to breaking the top 6.

          • http://topidolblog.com TopIdol

            Jermaine Purifory. Still convinced he was the Jermaine they meant to send through.

          • Mithra

            Yeah, and they also meant to have the other Randy Jackson as a judge :D

            I forgot about Joe Munez. Poor Joe. Guy was cute, could have attracted the teens if he had more screentime, but I think that accent also did him in.

        • Mithra

          There are black frauen, jr. frauen, and black teentards. They go for the brown white boys, or just plain white boys. At least that’s what I’ve seen of Sanjaya’s very mixed former fanbase. Most moved on to Anoop and then Adam. Also, the younger ones went for Danny Noriega. They seem to tard over the black WOMEN, “divas”, but I never saw any love for attractive black men like Brandon Rogers and Jarod Cotter. From the AI fanbase in general, you don’t see much love for black guys unless they have the cuddly big friendly non threatening guy factor. Very non sexual based, it seems. Like the funny hubby in a commercial or sitcom. I think Paul Kim was a test of the Asian ethnic motivated voting base, and that didn’t go far. Same with many hispanic contestants. I just don’t think it’s much of a factor for a number of reasons, including just plain not watching the show.

          I’m suprised but not too suprised because of the bad song choices, that John Park didn’t do better. He had a little of the Danny Noriega anime look the IDF kiddies (not the frau who post there) like, as well as the attractive preppie college boy thing that Anoop had. Maybe his eyes weren’t big enough? ;) I haven’t been on the scaries for ages because I’ve spent my Idoltard watching on the always amusing Adam and his Sparkle Cow drama/scam/clusterfuck of the week. I really think the only thing keeping Todrick in right now is Adam’s tweet and Sparkle Cow votes. Jermaine should have been the one to stay. There is not room in the top ten for both Todrick and Big Mike though, and it’s a no brainer who’s going to get there. Sparkle cows are only going to follow their leader to a point. They all are following Casey James.

          I will say that it’s refreshing that the boring “diva” types are going this year. The only problem is that leaves the vile Katie to gather up the votes from that block. Ew. TCO still? Early depimping as a strategy?

        • kimberly

          What I recall of Anwar was his gentleness and his attractiveness. I liked him, but wasn’t a huge fan of his singing. I’m not sure if his voice was great or not, only seeing a few shows now and then. I will say his personality struck first and foremost. Seemed like a really classy guy.

          Casey James’ face was priceless when he was getting the bad critiques. He didn’t take it well at all. Don’t like the guy.

          I really thought Haley would be safe over Lacey. Tim Urban needs to go. Michelle should have stayed over Lacey and Haley. But seriously, OPEN ARMS along with her vocals was a disaster. I was surprised that it was all minorities, not good for the IDOL image, but, sorry Lauren, John Park was not good. I don’t know what happened to Jermaine, he was one of my favorites during the audition process. I liked his voice. He really did a 180 on me, personality-wise and vocally. Very weird.

          Simon can only pull people along by the nose for so long. I’m not certain he’s doing Crystal any favors by pimping her. Andrew Garcia and Katie Stevens have gotten their share of resentment/hatred from it. Haven’t TPTB learned yet, to let the talent speak for itself? I suppose it’s difficult for them to sit idly by knowing certain worthy contestants will be lost due to the cougar block of votes.

      • http://topidolblog.com TopIdol

        Junot Joyner was completely robbed of a spot in the Top 12 last year. He had mad talent.

  • Sherena

    The voters got it right this time. I’m not sorry to see any of these four leave.

  • soapbox0916

    I agree that I am looking for a good singer whom I would like to see have a music career full-time and possibly buy their music in the future. I am not looking to change my life or for a diva to revolutionalize the world of music. It’s a bonus if I still like them after their season is over. This is why I choose the quirky artists who may have something and the diamonds in the roughs on this show. I don’t even care about the title, although actually having a favorite win last year for the first time has made for interesting year. I don’t know if I want my personal favorites to actually win this year though.

    It makes me sense for me to prefer Mamasox on the girls side, but I have amazed myself yet again, that I was actually worried about the safety of Alex Lambert. I want to even vote for Alex next week. I thought I was safe. How do I let this happen?

    Alex is more about what I like to see, which is someone with a whole lot of potential, a really great tone to his voice, distinctive enough of a voice and style that I might still recognize his voice after the season is long over, and I swear there is an actual quirky artist in there hiding. Alex could benefit just by hanging around, assumes he absorbs what he needs and improves over the course of the show. The contestants that I think benefit from the help and exposure is who I like, titles mean little to me.

    • wino

      amen sister or brother! i like to watch idol for moments like last week’s result show. when a kid like alex lambert, with natural talent, lets out a big expletive upon being marked safe. he doesnt know how good and likeable he is, and that makes i teven more endearing. it was the reason i fell for kelly clarkson, as she possesses the same combination of talent and heart. and its something you cannot fake (cough katie stevens cough).

      btw, memo to katie stevens…keep the byotch face, i like it. but please, ditch the hooker clothing. why on earth is she dressing like someone twice her age? tight mini skirt, blazer and stiletto pumps? good lawrd, where is her momma?

      • soapbox0916

        I would be your sister. LOL

        I was trying to agree with dresden at the bottom of the page, but wound up near the top of the page.

    • kimberly

      The only thing about Alex Lambert is he looks like he’s on the verge of nervous breakdown. The whole lot of them seem so fragile this year, especially during the elimination rounds. They seem to internalize everything. Rather than group hugs, they seem to close themselves off from each other, dropping down onto the couch and then curling over their knees, almost fetal-like. Are they praying? It’s really, really sad to watch. All very pathetic.

      Kris Allen should be there, high-fiving and hugging them all whether with congratulations or comfort. He was the cutest thing about the elimination rounds. So much more personality last year.

  • Sherena

    MY BB TODRICK MADE IT!!!!!!

    ha.

  • J

    I thought Tim should have gone home before John. I may be bored to tears when John sings but at least he can sing, more than I can say for Tim. I would rather have kept Michelle around for another week and seen Lacey go home tonight. In the end I guess it really doesn’t matter to me as long as Crystal, Lilly and Siobhan stick around for the top 12.

    Going off topic for a minute. I think it was deez who mentioned in another thread they they hadn’t kept up with Cook but wanted to check out the new videos. I couldn’t remember which thread so I’m replying here. You might want to take a look at this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxU4lM4EF_o It’s Lie from the Morongo concert. Warning, watching that might make you realize how much season 9 sucks. It did for me.

    • Idoltard10

      Tim shouldn’t even be there. Only there because of Golightly Gate. Should have been gone before top 24.

      • Lauren

        The only thing he has going for him is his looks. As Michael Slezak says, you can google pretty boys. You don’t need to vote for them.

  • deez

    None of the ones who left tonight surprised me that much, I was sad for john park though.
    I did happen upon a satisfying “victory” of sorts. A friend of mine who is anti-AI was singing along with her ipod today…it sounded very much like a tone-deaf version of HBD’s “Heartless”. I leaned over and looked, and yes indeed, she was singing along with Kris. I wanted to point and laugh, but she was already giving me the side-eye.

  • kimberly

    Can any doubt still remain as to why Danny Gokey did not reach Top 2? I mean seriously, the guy is psycho. I was out so I had to dvr the show, and pretty much had to fast-forward through all the sing-offs and though I tried not to had to finally fast-forward through the Danny Gokey babbling just to save my sanity. I found myself saying over and over, “oh, my God, oh, my God. Why is he talking so much? Why is he inviting himself on Ellen’s show? Why is he such a fool? Can America not see this?” This, of course, was interspersed with hysterical laughter. Danny Gokey is as sleazy as a used car salesman. He promotes himself like nobody’s business, all the while bringing up his tragic dead wife. He comes across crass and insincere, but most of all unprofessional. Danny and country are a bad mix and he’s very presumptuous believing country music fans will embrace him. Whether it’s his insecurity or nerves, IDGAF, the guy needs to learn to keep his mouth shut. Facepalming is right.

    • deez

      It was awful. I flashed back to last year when he wouldn’t SHUT IT about” meditating” over something or other….and also the time he rambled incoherently about the cake fight.

      • Idoltard10

        I tried to like him after Adam asked us to stop hating and gossiping. Really I tried. But he IS crazy. Like really unhinged. It’s not only annoying…but also scary. Like I feel insane MYSELF when I listen to him talk. Hasn’t anyone taught him any PR skills yet? Do they LET him ramble and babble on and on like that? Or can it just not be stopped? The dead wife deal was old around oh, top 36 last year dude…thats just creepy. And ITA with the used car salesman comment. What a douchebag. #gokeyisadouche indeed.

    • Paulie

      Unfortunately there’re people that seem to be bitter he missed the final 2. I saw several tweets that say he should’ve went to the finale with Adam instead of Kris blah dee blah blah. I’m a Kris-tard so I’m biased but… seriously?

      Also, whoever said that the sockpuppets over MJs were Gokey fans may have been correct after all. They just proclaimed his perf as the best of the night.

      • Paulie

        *should’ve GONE. Sorry grammar fail.

      • Pandora

        well, everybody else who sang last night was downright awful, so it wasn’t much of an achievement to be the best of the night.

    • J

      I didn’t watch much of last season. Was Gokey always that annoying?

      • wino

        all together now….YES!

    • http://theepezdispenser.blogspot.com/ ePastorJames

      Hallelujah and Amen, Kimberly! The ePastor James is preaching right along with you.

      My beautician (that sounds so elitist douchey, but haircutter sounds so ghetto, so w/e) was primarily an Allison fan last season, so she is awesome. But she “liked Danny’s personality”, too. WTF?! But then I realized it kinda made sense. She’s Italian; her husband’s a goomba; her daughter is a loudmouth cuntnugget with stankface; and we’re in fucking New Jersey. (Although honestly, I wouldn’t have wanted to grow up in any other state, not even Connecticut….Maybe on Long Island.)

      But when you add all that up: loud, brash, loquacious, bombastic, obnoxious, and from certain angles, a bit of an eyesore = what [some batshit] women want.

      • kimberly

        Some people do find these characteristics attractive. There’s a huge Italian community in my city, so I know exactly what you’re saying. Clearly, a Gokey fan will only see his antics as endearing.

        • http://topidolblog.com TopIdol

          Gokey would get his ass kicked on the Jersey Shore.

        • ross

          The Italian comments are offensive.

          • kimberly

            All my friends are of Italian descent. One guy I knew was half-Irish on his mother’s side but would never admit to it. The Italians in my area are very proud of their heritage and aren’t afraid to let you know it. It is what it is … maybe it’s an East coast thing. I don’t feel I said anything offensive. If I did, I apologize.

      • Mithra

        I think Gokey also has the average schmuck look that some women go for. It’s like they probably tarded over the plain looking guys who made up much of those boybands. Even someone like Justin Timberlake – if he wasn’t in that band, would a guy like that turn heads in real life? They are not “teen idol” classically attractive types. Gokey is just the safe looking guy an average every woman wants to marry. Lee is so picking up this vote, same thing.

      • ross

        So knock it off or my Uncle Vinnie will come to where you reside and break your kneecaps.

        • http://topidolblog.com TopIdol

          I never thought of Gokey being “Italian-like.”

          I also find Domino’s Pizza offensive to Italians.

          • Mithra

            Gokey is annoying as hell, but not in the annoying Italian stereotypical way. I lived with that, and it’s much more amusing and charming. I’m still bummed that we lost Amadeo.

            Olive Garden is also offensive to Italians. Gokey is offensive to humanity. I have to laugh at how many comments I’ve seen at various sites wondering if he was doing coke. I thought the same thing watching him, but I think it’s just that there is something really awkward, unfiltered, and clueless about him. The people in charge of his career must have been shitting themselves and praying he’d STFU. I loved it :D

          • kimberly

            I never saw Danny as “Italian-like” either. I was recently at a girl’s baskeball play-off game. One of the losing teams in the playoffs stayed to support my daughter’s team as we were from the same city, though there is normally a strong rivalry between our schools. The team supporting us happened to be from a predominantly Italian Roman Catholic Grammar School. I can tell you first hand their support was “charming and amusing” and really, really loud. They were boisterous, outspoken and enthusiastic. If they were rooting against us, I wouldn’t be so amused, though. lol

  • Lauren

    Oh John Park, why did you leave me so soon?
    I’ll get over it. And just not watch Season 9.
    Haeley’s gone :D

    • blacklisted

      I was thinking of you as Park was getting kicked to the curb.

      • Lauren

        Aww well thank you for that.

        • http://topidolblog.com TopIdol

          I think we were all thinking of you tonight, Lauren. I even gave you a shoutout (by name) in my recap! You were the first thing I thought of when I saw him singing his swan song before I started from the beginning.

        • erinnthered

          *hugs*

          Agreed. Everyone was thinking of you. You’re the best Park Bench EVAH!

    • http://lakshmigandhi.wordpress.com/ Lakshmi

      Lauren, I also thought of you as soon as I saw that Park was eliminated. Park Benches 4 eva!
      This season just gets worse and worse.

      • Mithra

        I also thought of you Lauren, and then thought of THE reason WHY John is gone. It’s not because he was boring, sucked, and picked the wrong songs. Most of them have. It’s because THE SPARKLE COWS voted for Fraudrick because their glamgod tweeted he liked him and they stalked it out that he’s a friend of a friend or something like that…

        • http://theepezdispenser.blogspot.com/ ePastorJames

          He. Must. Be. Stopped.

        • erinnthered

          Someday, Adam will learn to keep his big mouth shut. That’s the day I actually start to take him seriously. Ugh.

          • Pandora

            I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for that to happen!

        • Kathy

          I just said last night WTH is voting for Todrick???? Guess that solves that.

    • wino

      group hug :)

    • SmartPoptart

      Oh John Park. You had a chance to eclipse Anoop in my heart as my favorite middling contestant on America’s bestest karaoke show. You were also the token Asian(ish) guy! And you were also a part of your college’s glee club!
      You should have done something ridiculous, like sing a Bobby Brown song! Twice! And all the ladiez would have been like omg look at this nerdy guy singing an R&B song and omg isn’t that kinda adorable and omg where is my phone so I can text some votes in like omg. But no, you let the words “Tonight, I’ll be singing a John Mayer song” come out of your mouth.
      It could have been so good John. You could have been 5th! (Or was it 6th? Or 7th? Man, that Judges’ Save REALLY throw a wrench into the proceedings last year.)
      Sigh, its okay John. We’ll always have your bottom end.

    • Lauren

      Awwww I love you guys! *hugs* Don’t forget Leigh though! She coined the term Park Bench!

  • blacklisted

    They got rid of the wrong queen! Jermaine was at least amusing.

    I despise the teenagers. Tranny country singer down, evul monchichi hopefully goes next. With any luck she’ll take the scared blonde with her.

    • Sherena

      I don’t know… I think Katie actually has a chance to win this whole thing.

      • http://theepezdispenser.blogspot.com/ ePastorJames

        Nah. Massive, and stupid, back stories like that are a thing of the past.

        Plus, the judges are starting to hate her and most of the public bashes her everywhere I look.

  • Paulie

    Ooh. I’m getting better at this. I got 2 out 4 this time (yay).

    BTW, TI, that screecap of Didi makes her look like Brooke White’s evil twin. Just sayin’.

    • http://topidolblog.com TopIdol

      I kept thinking Brooke White, too! And Brooke White got more unlikeable as the season dragged on.

      • On The Edge

        Huh…I liked Brooke. Well, her music, anyway; I have both her albums and she’s probably a lot like Quatto Host in that she’s better once the pressure of competing and being judged is off.

        • http://lakshmigandhi.wordpress.com/ Lakshmi

          Brooke definitely became more and more emotionally fragile as the season went on. I remember wondering if she was going to go into hysterics the night she was eliminated. But I liked what I’ve heard on her post-Idol album.

          • Burgundy LaRue

            There was a moment during the Top 5 or 6 shows where Brooke had that Sissy Spacek as Carrie look in her eyes, where she was going to burn down the stage using telekensis. The other contestants seemed to pick up on that and were nearly looking for places to hide from the pending destruction. It was scary for a few weeks there with Brooke’s meltdown.

        • Paulie

          I have Brooke’s HH&H album too and it’s really really good. I also liked her during her early performances in Idol until the pressure got to her (manic eyes on “Hero”! Sing, stop, repeat on “You Must Love Me”!).

          She’s more likable to me than Didi though…

          • wino

            thats probably why I “like” Didi, she reminds me of Brooke. despite her emotional breakdowns, i enjoyed watching her on the show. she is a lovely artist, yet i neglected to follow her career post-show. maybe i should ck out her album on iTunes, she does have a nice tone to her voice that is tailor made for recordings.

      • http://theepezdispenser.blogspot.com/ ePastorJames

        And at least Brooke had some standout performances, such as “Love Is a Battlefield” and “Let It Be”, in addition to her two semi performances that were pretty good overall. She, early on, was one of the better females in a weak ladies’ year.

        I’m wondering how much longer Dudu Bitchface actually has left in the competition. The judges hate her; she’s losing public favor fast; and she looks like a spastic SPED kid on the playground. Plus, she doesn’t take criticism very well, which is never a good thing. I just want her to go so her rabid tardbase can STFU. But at least she has an interesting sound, unlike Jon Benet Stevens.

  • Idoltard10

    I’m a black Idol tard. But seriously, I’ve seen this for years. However, to be fair, Ruben and Fantasia took the crown, and Syesha made it to top 3…but those numbers are small compared to the rest.

    • http://topidolblog.com TopIdol

      Can’t see any Idol honkys winning an Oscar, though. I doubt Katharine McPhee is gonna ever be in the running.

    • dresden

      yes, idols dirty little secret, lol… the only place in the music business where minority singers, the black ones especially get no respect… they say they want to be relevant, they want these contestants to be in step with what’s hot and current in the industry… yeah, right, lol… you just have to laugh at the absurdity of it all.

    • wino

      there are so many talented black, latino and asian artists, yet we barely see diversity in the top 12.

      1) do “minorities” actually audition, or are they, much like indie artists, turned off by the show’s cheesy /honky vibe?

      2) since the producers are looking for a “look”, these kids are least likely to make it to the final judging round with simon

      3) the judges, especially simon have an oudated taste when it comes to black male singers. i dont think he is very familiar with “relevant” music sung by non white/pop/mainstream singers.

      end of random rant…i cant watch the office and type at the same time.

      • kimberly

        I’m not sure how Simon Cowell sees Crystal Bowersox = Taylor Swift. Not on this planet. Haley Vaughn would have been a closer fit.

    • Burgundy LaRue

      If TPTB were smart, they try to pimp Paige Miles. She leans toward pop/rock songs anyway, so give her that final push and see if she can become that Kelly Clarkson/Pink type of performer.

      They don’t seem to realize that most of the public doesn’t want that many coffeehouse types mixed in with their Top 40. And Cobie Calliat is already on the scene. Top 40 artists consist of Beyonce, Kelly Clarkson, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Pink, Jason DeRulo, Iyaz, Young Money, Drake–in other words, energetic pop/hip hop influenced songs with easy to remember hooks. Many of the girls on this season can probably do well on HAC radio, but will likely find it hard to cross over to Pop/CHR.

      • http://topidolblog.com TopIdol

        Drake will always be Wheelchair Jimmy to me.

        • Burgundy LaRue

          Even with my tiny knowledge of Degrassi, that made me laugh.

          This is a great place. For no other reason than ‘honky’ is being brought back to the pop-culture forefront!

          • margie

            Oh Degrassi used to be my guilty pleasure. TI Wheelchair Jimmy made me snort out my soda.

          • http://topidolblog.com TopIdol

            RICK PUT HIM IN THE WHEELCHAIR DAMMIT.

          • margie

            Rick was so psycho or just misunderstood. But Sean let it happen to poor Jimmy…lol :)

          • http://topidolblog.com TopIdol

            No. Sean saved everyone’s life! It was fraking I-will-never-work-after-this-show Spinner who threw Jimmy under the bus. Or in his case, in the chair.

          • margie

            opps Spinner…sorry. Been a few years..lol :)

          • http://topidolblog.com TopIdol

            True story: I have been trying to bring back honky since I was 8. Swear to Flying Spaghetti Monster.

      • Mithra

        I haven’t seen this many similar girls stacked against each other since the Diva overload of season 6. They are going to start cancelling each other out, of course…which makes me wonder who they have stacked this set up for.

        I find it very annoying that they are telling Paige (and others) what the real them is. Kara is the worst with this, just like she’s just all around the worst of everything. Because Paige is black and has a soulful voice, she shouldn’t be singing rock? Racist much? It just shows what shit these stooges are as judges. Most of them don’t even watch the rehersals, or only a bit on a monitor, and come with preprepared lines. It’s really presumtious to tell a person what THE REAL THEM is during a critique. They hardly even know these people.

  • On The Edge

    Not just honkys…frau and tween honkys. Well, that and those who watch it for the point-and-laugh lulz. I’m convinced that is the ONLY audience left.

    • dresden

      i must say i get a huge kick out of just laughing my ass off at some of these ”honky” cray cray frau that glom onto these contestants – where do these people come from, and what is it about a karoake contestant that makes them lose their shit and do the things they do… i mean, come on – the contestants aren’t to be taken that seriously – enough to be credited for the orgasmic, panty creaming life changing, earth shattering revelations that they seem to cause… i love a good singer, love to see a person use their vocal ability to give me a few moments, or a few hours of listening enjoyment, but that’s where it ends… am both fascinated and dismayed by the ott reactions these people inspire in some… it is good for a lot of lulz though.